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6 APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE DATE: March 5, 1973 TIME: 7:30 P.M. PLACE: Town Office Building, Room 111 PRESENT: Edward E. Furash, Chairman, Jack L. Mitchell, Vice Chairman, Elizabeth M. Flynn, Secretary, Arthur T. Bernier, J. H. Blaisdell, Levi Burnell, Howard L. Levingston, Richard M. Perry, Comptroller, Donald B. White I . CONSERVATION COMMISSION: Messrs. Kassler, Chairman, Smith, Freedman, & Williams and Jere Frick, Sue Solamon, Laura Nichols Late last summer, after a meeting of all departments involved with the Hatch Act, it was decided that the Conservation Commission would indeed have a big job with the Hatch Act work, stated Dr. Kassler. As of this moment we have received little or no help. Members of my Commission, including myself, have been receiving threatening letters and calls and we do not feel that we have to be subjected to this kind of treatment. It is our feeling that we should have some aualified engineering help at this particular time . Dave Hughes is presently looking at land when requested , however, he in turn must clear the prospective land with one of our Commission and this requires a lot of time on our part. Legal help is no problem at the moment; we are very fortunate to have Norman Cohen as our C oursel. However, our backlog of administrative work is getting way out of hand, Dr. Kassler said. We have , to date received no word from the Town Manager in regards to this situation. Dr. Kassler had the following suggestions which would alleviate the situation: a. The engineering department hire a full time engineer who could also be a part-time Conservation engineer (approx. $10,000) . This received very favorable reaction from Engineering Department. b. Perhaps have a Town Inspector from Engineering Department just off sick leave , and who knows various land sites do some of the necessary land inspection. Upon motions duly made and seconded, EXECUTIVE SESSION was voted at 8 :15 P.M.